Tank-vehicle



A. DAVIS, Inf

TANK VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY 31. 1918. RENEWED DEC. 31.1919. 1,332,614.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

INVENTUR @Mw -l By A TTOR/VE Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTINE DAVIS, JR., OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

TANK-VEHICLE.

Application filed July 31, 1918, Serial No. 247,702.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTINE DAVIS, J11, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Tank-Vehicle, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to tank vehicles, such as tank wagons and tank trucks.- These vehicles are provided at, the rear end with faucets from which to fill buckets, and in some instances abumper bar secured at its ends to the frame incloses the faucets so as to protect the same and the bucket box from injury by rear collision. The standard faucets have lugs on which to hang the bucket handles, but when a bumper bar is employed the use of these lugs is rendered very inconvenient. This arises from the fact that in placing the. bucket on the lug it is first necessary to set the can on the ground and then reach down inside thebumper bar to lift the bucket up to the lug, or else to pass the can in under the bumper bar with one hand and to reach through the inclosure with the other hand. In removing the filled can the reverse of these operations must be performed, and in so doing it is practically impossible to avoid first setting the bucket down on the ground, with the result that unevenness of the surface may cause overturning or spiling, and that the bottom of the bucket will become coated with dirt or mud.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate these objections, which it accomplishes by making it possible. to pass the bucket in under the bumper bar and fully into position beneath the faucet and likewise to remove the bucket, with one hand and 'without danger of slopping the contents.

Thus, only two operations are required, and

these are of a more convenient nature than the four heretofore necessary.

In accordance with the invention hooks are mounted on the bumper bar, projecting forwardly and somewhat downwardly therefrom, with their entrances at the rear below the bar, whereby the bucket handles are readily slipped into and out of proximity to the faucets and the buckets are sustained in the proper operative relation during filling. The preferred embodiment of the invention will now be briefly described.

In the. drawings forming part hereof:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920. Renewed December 31, 1919. Serial No. 348,52.

of'a body for atank truck embodying the invention, the bucket being shown in broken lines;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rear portion of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section in a vertical longitudinal plane on an enlarged scale.

The drawing shows a tank body, having a tank 1, which may be partitioned to hold different kinds of oil, a rear bucket box 2, and a series of rear end faucets 3 at the ends of discharge lines 4. The usual bucketsupporting lugs with which the standard faucets are provided are seen at 5. A rear bumper bar 6 is secured at its ends 7 to side frame members 8, thence curving outward and rearward around the faucets.

The forwardly extending hooks 9 of this invention may be made of rods bent substantially into U shape, with their upper limbs 10 secured as by riveting to the part of the bar which extends across behind the faucets, and their lower limbs 11 terminating in free ends below the bottom level of the bumper bar and preferably substantially flush with its rear vertical plane. The hooks, or their lower limbs, are inclined somewhat downward toward the front.

Vith this construction the bucket 12 merely requires to be passed in beneath the bumper bar, where its handle 13 is imme-. diately engaged and supported by one or more of the hooks, which then guide it into proper relation to the desired faucet. The removal of the bucket when filled is accomplished with corresponding ease, the bucket being mechanically supported until it has been withdrawn to a position where it can be sustained in the hand without undue strain by reason of the presence of the bumper.

The hooks are preferably of duplex design, a pair of hooks being associated with each faucet in laterally spaced relation thereto. In this way the forward portions or return bends 14:- of the hooks can extend somewhat-beyond the rear lines of the faucets, thus enabling the handle of the bucket to abut directly against the rear of the faucet, which is desirable in order to bring the top of the bucket into the most favorable relation to the discharge. Furthermore, two hooks afiord a' more stable support and prevent the bucket from skewing and swinging; and the space between them may be fairly wide, so that a man with a large hand from the invention, and that I do not limit myself to the precise construction illustrated. The form and mode of attachment of the bumper bar is relatively inconsequential. It is shown secured to the side walls of the tank mounting, but as it is common to attach the rear bumpers t0 the chassis, I do not limit myself in this respect.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a tank vehicle provided at the rear with faucets and a bumper bar protecting the same, sucket-supporting hooks secured to said bar and extending forward therefrom with their entrances at the rear below the bar.

2. In a tank vehicle, the combination with rear faucets and a bumper bar protecting the same, of hooks on said bumper bar disposed to support buckets beneath the faucets and accessible from the rear and below the bar.

' 3. In a tank vehicle having rear faucets and bumper bar, inclined hooks extending,

forward from said bar to receive and. guide bucket handles into proximity to the faucets. 1 I

4:. In a tank vehicle, the combination with a rear faucet and bumper bar, of a buckethandle-receiving hook projecting forward from said bar into proximity to the faucet with its entrance at therear below the bar.

5. In a tank vehicle, the combination with a rear faucet and bumper bar, of a pair of bucket handle receiving hooks projecting forward from said bar in laterally spaced relation into proximity to the faucet.

AUGUSTINE DAVIS, J R. 

